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DR ABBIE TIPLER
Specialist Small Animal Surgeon
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Button's for Tabitha
Labial Button Sling for a caudal mandibular fracture - (yes buttons, as in from a jumper). Tabitha presented to VSS Jindalee after...

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Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Ureterocoele
favourite case of the week - Lyla. Lyla presented for pollakiuria and stranguria of fairly acute onset. Ultrasound revealed a cystic...

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Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Reducing wound dehiscence tip
Reducing wound dehiscence and surgical site infections - tips One thing that is occasionally overlooked, is consciously thinking about...

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Jun 19, 20242 min read
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Approach to the male dog's abdomen
I created a brief video on approaching the abdomen in a male dog. This is an essential approach to know if performing abdominal surgery...

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Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Humeral fractures
These are not fun fractures to repair. For this patient (a 5 month old M Tibetan Mastiff), I placed 2 lag screws and bilateral...

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Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Surgical Complications - resilience versus trauma - what determines if we bounce back.
A take-home truth from a recent paper I read was “Death is a rare and serious, but predictable consequence of performing surgery”. So if...

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Dec 17, 20234 min read
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Diversity and Inclusion in surgery:
What, Why and How. I asked artificial intelligence (to find an unbias answer, based on more research and information than any human brain...

Abbie Tipler
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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Rusty
Rusty is a greyhound who I performed a major thoracic wall resection surgery on last week. Rusty's surgery, to remove a rib...

Abbie Tipler
Jun 6, 20231 min read
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Lung lobectomy - meet Dustin.
Dustin - a lung lobectomy due to grass seed inhalation. When dog's inhale grass seeds, they can travel down to the lung and potentially...

Abbie Tipler
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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Confining a dog
https://www.vss.net.au/videos/confining-your-dog.html Confinement of a dog Video I will never forget the day I was driving to work and...

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Apr 18, 20231 min read
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Reducing hip luxation videos
These are 'how to' videos demonstrating how to reduce hips with the patient under general anaesthesia. Thank you to Dr Jun Loh Ren for...

Abbie Tipler
Mar 12, 20231 min read
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International Women's Day 2023
International Women's Day: International Women's Day: This is a day when we celebrate women and their achievements, and perhaps also...

Abbie Tipler
Mar 8, 20232 min read
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Desexing - Pros and Cons of desexing, age to desex, procedures and conversations with clients
The decision whether to desex a dog and the ethics surrounding the decision are complex. There is a lack of evidence that desexing...

Abbie Tipler
Mar 7, 202314 min read
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Joint taps (arthrocentesis) in dogs
Contents: 1 - Indications for joint arthrocentesis 2 – Equipment you will need 3 - Sedation options for the procedure 4 – ‘How to’ guides...

Abbie Tipler
Feb 18, 20237 min read
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Saving Axle - liver lobectomies part 2
Saving Axle - Life-saving liver lobectomies case 2. Another liver lobectomy that I performed in the last couple of weeks was for...

Abbie Tipler
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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Saving Bear - life-saving liver lobectomies
Saving Bear - Life-saving liver lobectomies Bear presented to Veterinary Specialist Services extremely unwell. He was septic, lethargic...

Abbie Tipler
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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A few general surgical tips
There are lots of surgical tips, but some I feel are more important than others. I chose these as they were things I wasn't necessarily...

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Feb 1, 20231 min read
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Strain Theory
Understanding strain theory and working length and how this applies to fracture repair Created with the help of Dr Lucas Beierer,...

Abbie Tipler
Jan 3, 20237 min read
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Fellowship Study Plan
I've had a few people ask me about this. I have had some reservations in posting about this because I'm not sure in my heart of hearts I...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 28, 20224 min read
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Perineal Urethrostomy Video
Perineal Urethrostomy in a male cat - a 1 minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ482okB0lc I made a quick 1 minute summary...

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Dec 28, 20221 min read
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